I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

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New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a...

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a...

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a...

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white...

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white...

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.

I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.

And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to...

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to...

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll...

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll...

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter...

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter...

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.